Featured News: New Races in 2015?

Formula1 is unpredictable and that's what keeps the sport so lively and exciting. Nothing is more unpredictable than the F1 Race Calendar though.

There were many races planned that got dropped from the 2014 schedule including India, Korea, New Jersey and Mexico. This year however is to see the addition of Russia and Austria.

As far as 2015 goes, let's play silly-season in April and take a look as to what countries we might see on the schedule for next year!

India - With this race dropped from the 2014 calendar, intentions are to have the race back for 2015, but with issues on deciding what time of the year the race will be held, the race may not return until 2016.

Mexico - While the circuit is still used for other racing championships, it hasn't been used for Formula 1 in quite a few years. A return to Mexico would be super exciting for drivers Sergio Perez and Esteban Gutierrez who are both from Mexico. Perez from Guadalajara and Gutierrez from Monterrey.

Korea, Republic Of - Another race that was supposed to happen this year, but didn't, due to lack of last minute organization and also contract problems. This race, however is not set to return next year. But things do change.

New Jersey, USA - This is a race that was supposed to happen last year and this year. But due to Bernie not receiving proper papers and payments from the contract holders, the race is now not going to happen until next year. (Fingers crossed)

Morocco - Now this is a big rumour, but Bernie has said it would be a great place to hold and F1 race and I quite agree.

Long Beach, USA - The Long Beach street circuit in California has been home to Indycar for over 20+ years after F1 lost/dropped its contract with the circuit. There are talks that it would only cost about $9 Million to get things ready to bring F1 back to the circuit.

France - We have French drivers, why not a French race? Not only would it be popular but also quite beautiful. Although there's no talk of it happening in 2015, it's in the F1's future.

I'll be doing more articles regarding the planned race schedule of 2015, throughout this year, so keep checking back.

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Sergio Perez to Partner Nico Hulkenberg at Force India in 2014.

Force India announced formally that Sergio Perez is indeed the other driver for the team next year, and will partner German driver, Nico Hulkenberg. Rumours said that Perez would land the Lotus drive or head back to Sauber, who had him in 2011 and 2012. But both of those were false and instead he heads to London based Sahara Force India, who have welcomed him with big hearts and are already getting him used to the team.

More info to come soon.

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Updated 2014 Calendar.

Last time I posted about the 2014 Calendar, nothing was official and some of the races were just up there as guesses. But now things are getting more official and put together.

1. India is officially not returning until 2015.
2. Korea will not be part of the 2014 race season.
3. New Jersey and Mexico will not take place in 2014.
4. Abu Dhabi will be the last race of the year instead of Brazil.
5. The Germany race goes back to the Hockenheim Circuit.
6. The Spanish GP is back to Barcelona.

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Now, here is the calendar as of now:

1. Australia / March.
2. Malaysia / March.
3. Bahrain / April.
4. China / April.
5. Spain /May.
6 Monaco / May.
7. Canada / June.
8. Austria / June.
9. Great Britain / July.
10. Germany / July.
11. Hungary / July.
12. Belgium / August.
13. Italy / September.
14. Singapore / September.
15. Japan / October.
16. Russia / October.
17. U.S.A. / November.
18. Brazil / November.
19. Abu Dhabi / November.

In total, as it stands right now, there are only 19 races. I'm pretty sure nothing can change now.. But we will see.

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Nico Hulkenberg signs to Force India.

Force India has announced that Nico Hulkenberg will return to the team in 2014, after having signed a multi-year contract. No word on how many years, or who his team-mate will be, but according to the team, it will be announced soon... Probably in a few weeks.

Nico was a driver for Force India back in 2012, partnering Scottish driver, Paul Di Resta, whowas also on the team this year alongside another German, Adrian Sutil. No word on where they have seats in Formula1 or if they even have seats at all. Paul is rumoured to be heading to Indycar.

Some names talked about for the other seat include Sergio Perez, who was let go from McLaren at the end of this year, and Esteban Gutierrez, who partnered Nico Hulkenberg on Sauber for this season.

More information to come soon.

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James Calado to Force India.

Today, along with the announcement of Daniel Ricciardo heading to Red Bull in 2014, Sahara Force-India made the announcement that 24 year old, British GP2 driver, James Calado will join their team as the new Reserve driver. He will start this weekend in Monza where he will do Free Practice 1.

James Calado did very well in The Young Drivers Testing earlier this year and Force India is very happy to have him on the team.


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Indian GP cut from 2014 Calendar

So, it was announced earlier today that the Indian GP will not make a return until 2015, due to scheduling conflicts. Although it is set to return in 2015, it will not be at the end of the F1 season, but instead in the beginning, shoved somewhere around Malaysia and Bahrain. 

The Indian GP will still run later this year, in October. Bernie Ecclestone wants the GP to be moved to the beginning of the season but due to the fact it's already running at the end of this year, running it at the beginning of next year would set the same GP too close together.

So, instead of 22 races next year, we will be at 21, which is 1 more than the usual 20. We only have 19 this year due to New Jersey not being a ready circuit and no one was able to fill in for the extra European slot.

More info to come soon.

Article Written By: Amy Hawk.